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 Tournament Strategy, JLenart, 28. Aug 2003 09:14 | ||
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| I've been playing in quite a few tournements lately and have been fareing pretty well. However I've noticed a real pattern in my tournement strategy that I really don't like much. So many people tend to start tournements playing very aggressively that I play tight. Of course when I get a hand I play it hard. Since I'm playing tight I'm not playing in a lot of hands winning a few pots here and there and staying out of dangerous situations. This usually gets me a few decent sized wins early on and grows my stack. I can occasionally make a big call against a player I have a read on. I last a long time this way but when it gets down to the bubble I am almost always left low on chips so I have to wait for a really big hand to double me up. If i don't hit I usually am out right on the bubble or in the low prize money if the payout goes deep enough. I tend to change gears in the mid rounds and loosen up my starting hand requirements based on position but can't seem to get the real hang of it to maximize my stack here. I'm tired of seeing hands like K6o or 10 7 s taking down big pots, against me or not. Everyone talks about changing gears. I have a good understanding of the tight side of this but what does the looser side mean exactly? Play looser starting hand? Play much more aggressively when you get a real hand? Play hands like middle pair good kicker harder? Bluff more? I find when i do some of these I tend to get called or run into bigger hands and of course this can devestate my stack. So any help or suggestions would be appreciiated. Thanks, John | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, noiseboy, 28. Aug 2003 09:37 | ||
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| Once you get to the point where about a third to half of the players are eliminated, you need to start making moves on pots in the right situations. For instance, you don't want to be playing a medium strength hand in a raised pot so you fold, but if several people have folded, you have to RAISE with that same hand you would have folded. The idea being to get it heads up with the BB. Then you use aggression and position to your advantage to often win the pot whether or not you have the best hand. It's also good to always be aware of players that are showing down crap hands at the end, like the players you mentioned. These are your bread'n'butter, because since they will raise with almost anything, you can often get them heads-up with a reraise if there aren't too many players behind you. Anyway, most of what I'm saying you probably already know. If you are finishing just barely out of the money a lot, you may not be doing anything wrong. Sometimes you just start running bad towards the end, I finally broke a streak of 2nd table finishes last night, and I played pretty much my usual style, except the poker Gods deemed that I got my good hands late in the tourney rather than early. One thing you can do if you have a medium stack is start playing somewhat loose aggressive when you are first into the pot when on or close to the bubble. People usually tighten up a lot because they want to at least make the final table and get their money back. If you keep your eye on the 1st prize and not worry about that, you will have a huge advantage here and can chip up significantly. Don't get discouraged, you'll get there. | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, noiseboy, 28. Aug 2003 12:19 | ||
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| To summarize what I'm trying to say, later in the tournament you want to play either the best hand, or the best situation. If you are going to loosen up and try to make more moves, do it when they are likely to succeed and against players you think they are likely to succeed against based on stack sizes and observations of playing habits. You still play tight, but "selectively loose aggressive" when you think you can get away with it. It's more art than science really, I'm far from mastering it myself. Good luck! | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, JLenart, 29. Aug 2003 09:22 | ||
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| Hey Noise, Thanks for the advice, Just to let you know I just finished a $10+1 buy in Rebuy tourney at UB and finished in the moneyI was 4th out something like 60 players. I played nice and tight, stole some blinds survived called one all in with the nuts (love that guy), douible through twice late, got beat around some and suffered a bad beat from the big stack trying to push me around at the end. Oh Well I won $222 on my $11, one inital rebuy of $10 and an add on of $10 for a net profit of $191. Thanks for the help. John | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, noiseboy, 29. Aug 2003 11:11 | ||
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| Congrats to you! A good return on your investment. For some reason, probably because of how much I depend on reads of players, I haven't been doing as well in the online tourneys as the B&M. I'll probably see you one of these days in one, hopefully not at my table (unless it's the final table)! | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, JLenart, 29. Aug 2003 17:26 | ||
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| Hey Noise, Whats your UB Screen name? | ||
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| Re: Tournament Strategy, Paul Stine, 28. Aug 2003 11:28 | ||
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| on 28. Aug 2003 09:14 JLenart wrote: > I've been playing in quite a few tournements lately and have been fareing pretty > well. However I've noticed a real pattern in my tournement strategy that I > really don't like much. > [snip] > > I'm tired of seeing hands like K6o or 10 7 s taking down big pots, against me > or not. [snip] > So any help or suggestions would be appreciiated. > > Thanks, > > John John, Maybe you should try playing hands like you mention. Keep careful track of your results and let me know how that works out for you. Seriously, I don't want to risk my tournament chips in that way, but I would love to know how well it works, as a strategy. Paul Stine College Station, TX | ||
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